The document examines the psychological toll of war on soldiers through images from the Vietnam War and Iraq War. It shows pictures of a napalm attack in Vietnam, American soldiers moving a fallen comrade's body, and a dead Vietcong soldier being dragged by a tank. Further images depict U.S. waterboarding and terrorizing Vietnamese civilians. During the Vietnam War's My Lai massacre, U.S. soldiers killed many civilians. For the Iraq War, nearly 1 in 10 American veterans have been diagnosed with PTSD, and images show a soldier cradling a killed child, holding another child, and a child with a leg blown off by explosive. Additional pictures portray combat and a soldier pointing at a dismembered arm.
1. The Carnage of War and the lasting effects A look at soldiers in the last 50 years
2. The Vietnam War In the U.S. led Vietnam War, many soldiers came back with mental disorders and troubles. The following images can not attempt to explain what these soldiers experienced, but they are a beginning step into the world of war.
3. A 9 year old Vietnamese girl Kim Phuc runs from her Village which was just hit by napalm. (http://grandesbatalhas.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/18-de-dezembro-36-anos-da-operacao-linebacker-ii/)
4. American soldiers move the body of a comrade who died in the 1968 bombing of the United States bachelor officers' quarters in Saigon during the Vietnam War . http://www.deathreference.com/Vi-Z/War.html
6. First Picture: U.S Soldiers Water boarding Vietnamese. Second picture, U.S Soldier terrorizing Vietnamese http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/media/vietnam_us_torture_murder.jpg
7. My Lai Incident Tim O’Brien wrote about the My Lai incident, or as it is sometimes called, the My Lai Massacre. The images below are pictures from this massacre. http://www.anglonautes.com/hist_us_20_war_viet/hist_us_20_war_viet.htm
8. The War in Iraq The Iraq War has been called the new “Vietnam”. Many soldiers who come back have mental problems, similar to what we saw after Vietnam. “Nearly one in 10 American soldiers who served in Iraq were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, most after witnessing death or participating in combat, according to a Pentagon study” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11609834/).
9. Famous Picture by Michael Yon: U.S Soldier cradling child killed by terrorists http://mailmansbag.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/yon-pic.jpg
10. U.S. Soldier holding small Iraqi child http://heavenawaits.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/iraq-soldierholdingiraqichild1.jpg
11. Iraqi child with leg blown off http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/march2006/100306orderchaos.htm
12. U.S. Marines in combat http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/Pages/Economic-downturn-forces-weapons-manufacturers-to-produce-less-effective-bullets-Scrape-TV-The-World-on-your-side.html
13. U.S. Soldier smiling and pointing towards a bloody and disembodied arm http://warofillusions.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/soldierarm.jpg
14. U.S. Troops evacuating an injured comrade http://blog.usnavyseals.com/2010/06/memorials-for-the-fallen-of-iraq-and-afghanistan-in-kansas.html